Gaston Jules Louis Antoine Alibert (22 February 1878 in Paris – 26 December 1917 in Paris) was a French fencer and olympic champion in épée competition.
He received a gold medal in épée individual and a gold medal in épée team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London."1908 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Fencing" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 26, 2008) Eight years before, Alibert already participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris placing seventh in the épée individual event."Gaston Alibert biography and olympic results" sports-reference.com (Retrieved on November 6, 2009) He contracted tuberculosis while at the front in World War I and later died in 1917 aged 39.
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